US5589238A - Decorative garland - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
- A41G1/00—Artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, or trees; Garlands
- A41G1/04—Garlands; Assembly of garlands
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S493/00—Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web
- Y10S493/955—Decoration article
- Y10S493/958—Garland
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- the present invention is directed generally to a decorative garland. More particularly, the invention is directed to a decorative garland which may be constructed from a cut film web using a plurality of wires which are twisted around the web to form the garland. The wires are fully annealed thereby rendering them "dead" which in the context of this invention means that the garland has no memory or spring back characteristics, such that the garland when twisted to a particular position will stay in that position.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of an embodiment of the garland incorporating the novel aspects of the invention showing the plurality of metal wires prior to twisting;
- FIG. 2 is a view like FIG. 1 wherein the film is twisted about the metal wires;
- FIG. 3 is transverse cross section of the garland illustrated in FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is a view of another embodiment of the invention showing loops of film arranged transversely of the metal wires.
- garland 10 comprised of an elongated ribbon 11 having opposed longitudinal side edges and a plurality of spaced apart decorative members 12 extending generally perpendicularly from the longitudinal axis of the ribbon 11.
- a plurality of fingers 13 extend outwardly from each of the decorative members 12 forming acute angles with the longitudinal axis of the decorative members which are generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the ribbon 11.
- a plurality of decorative symbols are associated with each decorations 16 or symbols are associated with each of the decorative members 12. More specifically, in the example illustrated, each of the fingers 13 carries at the distal end thereof a decorative 16.
- each of the decorations is in the form of a star but it should be understood that the decorations which may or may not be positioned at the distal end of each and every finger 13 may be in any form desired and the invention is not limited to the use of stars.
- Two wires 18 and 19 are spirally positioned around the ribbon 11 as illustrated in FIG. 1 and after a twisting of the wire occurs, the ribbon 11 wraps itself around the wires 18 and 19 forming a construction as illustrated in FIG. 2.
- a decorative garland which includes a web 34 which has the longitudinally extending edge portions thereof cut into strips 22 and 24 on each longitudinal edge of the web or film 34.
- the film 34 is formed into a plurality of transversely extending loops 56 and a pair of wires 48 and 50 are twisted around the loops 56 so as to form a spine trapping the loops 56 therebetween and forming a decorative garland 20.
- Each of the garlands illustrated and described herein includes a pair of steel wires which are fully annealed and which preferably have a diameter of not less than about 0.025 inches although thicker wire may be used.
- the significant advantage of using fully annealed steel wires of the aforementioned thickness is that the garland may be twisted and formed into any particular position and the garland will stay in that position without any spring back characteristics which are usually encountered in garlands heretofore produced. Moreover, after a garland is put in one position, it may be changed and put into another position, again without reverting to the first position. This is a significant advantage in the use of garlands at Christmas time with decorating trees, hearths, mantles and other areas in and about the home where Christmas decorations of the type hereinbefore described are used.
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US08/535,946 US5589238A (en) | 1995-09-28 | 1995-09-28 | Decorative garland |
CA002183794A CA2183794C (en) | 1995-09-28 | 1996-08-21 | Decorative garland |
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US08/535,946 US5589238A (en) | 1995-09-28 | 1995-09-28 | Decorative garland |
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Cited By (5)
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WO2001033984A1 (en) * | 1999-11-09 | 2001-05-17 | Komissarov Alexandr Nikolaevic | Garland |
US6258420B1 (en) | 1999-11-19 | 2001-07-10 | Santa's Best | Twisted spiral garland |
US6260342B1 (en) | 1999-11-19 | 2001-07-17 | Santa's Best | Method and apparatus for making spiral garland |
EP2305690A1 (en) | 2003-02-20 | 2011-04-06 | Lumigen, Inc. | Signalling compounds for use in methods of detecting hydrogen peroxide |
KR200489047Y1 (en) * | 2018-01-22 | 2019-04-22 | 박숙동 | Moru made of wool |
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US2228441A (en) * | 1939-10-20 | 1941-01-14 | Sol D Cohen | Cellophane covered steel wire |
US2984036A (en) * | 1959-12-07 | 1961-05-16 | Jr Joseph I Adler | Garland construction |
US5091226A (en) * | 1991-02-06 | 1992-02-25 | National Tinsel Manufacturing Company | Decorative garland |
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US2228441A (en) * | 1939-10-20 | 1941-01-14 | Sol D Cohen | Cellophane covered steel wire |
US2984036A (en) * | 1959-12-07 | 1961-05-16 | Jr Joseph I Adler | Garland construction |
US5091226A (en) * | 1991-02-06 | 1992-02-25 | National Tinsel Manufacturing Company | Decorative garland |
US5201699A (en) * | 1991-02-06 | 1993-04-13 | National Tinsel Manufacturing Company | Method of making a ribbon garland |
Cited By (5)
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WO2001033984A1 (en) * | 1999-11-09 | 2001-05-17 | Komissarov Alexandr Nikolaevic | Garland |
US6258420B1 (en) | 1999-11-19 | 2001-07-10 | Santa's Best | Twisted spiral garland |
US6260342B1 (en) | 1999-11-19 | 2001-07-17 | Santa's Best | Method and apparatus for making spiral garland |
EP2305690A1 (en) | 2003-02-20 | 2011-04-06 | Lumigen, Inc. | Signalling compounds for use in methods of detecting hydrogen peroxide |
KR200489047Y1 (en) * | 2018-01-22 | 2019-04-22 | 박숙동 | Moru made of wool |
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